Tie



Oct. 19, 1937.

L. M. LEVY TIE Filed Feb. 10, 1934 INVENTOR. y fl gg B ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE TIE Leo M. Levy, Los Angeles, Calif; assignor of one-1 half to Charlotte G. Day, Long Beach, Calif and one-half to g eles, Calif.

:Faye S. Townsend, Los An- Application February 10, 1934, Serial No. 710,677

3 Claims.

ticularly when the ties are made of cheap mate- 10 rials.

It is accordingly a salient object of the present invention to provide a tie with a permanently formed knot therein which is adapted to receive and hold the end of the narrow portion or neck- 15 a longitudinal opening therethrough and a longitudinal slot or opening in the rear thereof through which the free end of the neckband of the tie is adapted to be inserted laterally into the hollow portion of the knot; to form the interior of said knot in a manner to prevent it from slipping on the neckband after the knot has been positoned relative to the collar; to further provide a permanently formed tie consisting of a knotforming sheet having its opposite edges bent back upon itself to form a longitudinal opening therethrough, with a gap between their adjacent edges, said element being covered by the tie material whereby to give it 'form, the neckband of the tie being insertible edgewise through the gap and j slidable longitudinally in said element for positioning the tie relative to the'collar; to further provide a permanently formed tie which resembles a hand tied four-in-hand tie and which has an attractive knot'that is neat, gives the appearance of being hand tied and which is firm so that it can be easily cleaned without losing its shape; and to still further provide such a permanently formed necktie from an untied four-incation. I shall now proceed to described this form and the process of making the same, in detail, which illustrates the general principles of my invention; but it is to be understood that this description is not to be taken in a limiting sense,

since the scope of the invention is best defined.

55 in the appended claims.

This

band of the tie; to provide a permanent knot with Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front View of a permanently formed neck tie'constructed in accordance'with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the tie shown in Figure 1', with the neckband shown inserted into thepermanent knot of the tie.

FigureB is an enlarged transverse sectional View through the knot portion of the tie arid taken as indicated on line 3-3 of Figure 2. V

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view showing the fiat knot-forming element provided by applicants Figures 5,6 and '7 arefragmentary rear views showing the various operations in wrapping the tie material'around the knot-forming element.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary rear view showing the flat knot-forming element completely 'wrapped and ready to be formed into the tie knot and Figure 9 is an enlarged rear perspective view of the formed knot, with the form shown in place therein. I r

Referring more in particular to the accompanying drawing, I haveshown a permanently formed necktie which resembles a hand-tied fourin-hand tie, as -will be evident from Figure 1. It, consists generally of a permanently formed conical-shaped knot Ill, witha ,tie portion II depending from the lower endjthereof and which in the present instance forms the large end of the tie.

The knot is formed with a longitudinal opening I2 therethrough as shownicleare est in Figures 2, 3 and 9, with an elongated slot or" opening I3 in the rear thereof which communicates with the hollow portion of the'kno-t.

permanent knot It, with its depending tie portion, can be adjusted "relative to the collar by.

sliding it on the neckband. A snap fastener consisting of male and female elements I5 and I 6 on the back of the depending tie'portio'n II V and on the neckband I4, serves to insure the knot against slipping. V l a "The knot-forming element provided by applicants invention is generally designated I1. It is shown unformed in Figure 4' and consists of a flat sheet'metal piece I8, having a covering I9 to which the tie material can besewed. Holes 20 and 2 I are provided in the sheet metal piece for'further attaching the tie material to the knot forming element; The corners'of the metal piece "ing it therefrom.

7 ing element." The portion 28 is stitched along l8 are preferably cut ofi as at 22 and 23. Thus, when the element I1 is covered with the tie material and formed into, a knot as shown in Figure 2, the beveled corners of the knot co op eraterat the top and bottom thereof to form guide means for the neck band when inserting it into the hollow portion of the knot or remov- Applicant finds it advantageous in certain in- It win be noted from igure 8, that a portion" or the covering 19 of the knot-forming element .is uncovered as indicated at S. Applicant prefers to form the covering IQ of amaterial whose stances, tomake permanently formed neck ties A from untied four-in hand ties. Figures 4 to 9,-

inclusive, show the various steps used informing ties of this nature.

The tie is preferably pleated H where the knot is to be formed, asindicated at 25 in Figure 4. The knoteformingelement I1;

is positioned on the'back of the tie material and over the pleat, so that the fullness defined by said pleat, extends below the bottom of the knot forming element. The knot-forming element isheld in place on the tieback as by tacking through the holes 26-20 at the top and bottom thereof.

The tie edges are then brought over the edges of the element l1 and stitched to its covering I9 as along the lines 2'l- 21. The narrow tie portion which extends immediately above the knot-forming element. is designatediZB and has a tuckZQ formed therein on an ang1e, the adjacent faces of said tuck being stitched'together along the line 30 as shownin Figure 5. This angular tuck causes the tie portion 28 to assume the angular position shown in Figure 5. From this .position the portion 28 is turned downwardly over the top of the knot-forming element, to the position shownin Figure 6 andis tacked'to the back' or said element through its center holes 2|; as indicated at 3 I. Said tie portion 28 is additionally stitched tothe 'covering l'fl of the knot-forming element as along the line 32. Figure '7 shows the next operation, which consists in passing the tie portion 28 around a side edge of the knotforming element and'over the front thereof. The top edge of said tie portion is brought over the top of the knot-forming element and is stitched down along the line 33; The last winding operation is shown in Figure 8 and consists in again 'gl th 't'. 28 theb kifthbrm e For Ion over' ac 0 e .of material whosexfrictional characteristic is knot forming element and in folding it under itself as along the line34of Figure 8; so that the narrow tie portionform'ing the neckband I4, extends upwardly at one side of the knot-formthe fold;34, to the covering IQ of the knot-forming. element; Additional stitching as at ,35, is

\ provided Where the neckband leaves the knotforming element. The knot of the tie is permathe appearance of the finished knot might be varied considerably by' varying the shape and size .of the knot-forming element, without/departing from the true spirit of the invention.

lband, WhGIGbYPtO prevent relative slipping-be surface is frictionally resistant to the relative movement ,of materials such as those used in forming neck-wearing apparel. When the knot.

is formed, this frictional covering is exposed within the kn'otat thelower end-thereofand is adapt- ,d to prevent the knot from slipping relative to the neckband as it is held in the hollow portion of theknot and in contact with said frictional to define a pocket with an entrance communicating therewith, means for attaching a part of said'tie to said sheet and about the same, a further portion of said tie being pendant from the lower end of said conical member, a neck band for encircling the neckand being adapted to be inserted laterally through said entrance and slidable. longitudinally within said conical member for'positioning the tie relativ'e' to the collar, and V cooperative .interfitting snap fastening elements,

one positioned on said dependingtie portion be-' low said formed knot and the other on the neck tween said neck band and the conical tie knot.

3- 2. A tie embodying a permanently formed knot ,having an opening'therethrough with a 1ongitu' dinal gap leading thereinto saidknot being covered by tie material, means forming an exposed surface on the interior of said knot, -Whose.. fric tionalcharacteristic is higher than that of the tie material, said tie having a neck band which is insertible through said longitudinallgap and slidable longitudinally through said knot for pcsitioning the same, the frictional engagement betweensaid neck band and exposed surface serving to restrain said knot against slipping relative to the neck band.

3. A permanently formed tie comprising a 'knot' forming element having thereon a covering higher thanthat of the tiematerial, theopp'osite edges; of saidelementbeing formed back uponpitself with a gap between adjacent edges,

said element being coveredgb i tie material so as.

toleave a portion of saidcovering ,material ex-. posedwithin said formed element, said tie hav' ing a neck band which is 'insertible through said gap and slidable longitudinally in said formed elementand in engagement withsaid exposed covering, whereby thekno-t is normally restrained;

against slippingirelative tosaid neck band after; 7 7

it has'beenpositioned relative to a collar. 

